Ornamental welting and article having such welting incorporated therein



Feb.. 15, 1938. R. w. HALE I 2,108,063

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Patented Feb. 15, 1938 UNITED STATES eA'rNr crier.

ORN AMEN 'EAL WELTING AND ARTICLE HAVING SUCH WVELTING INCR-PORATEDTHEREIN 3 Claims.

This invention relates to improved ornamental welting, whereof theornamental member or portion may be a braid or other suitable cord-likemember, and to a completed article of manufacture having said ornamentalwelting incorporated therein as a structural feature thereof.

In order that the principle of the invention may be readily understood,I have disclosed a plurality of embodiments of my invention in theaccompanying drawing, wherein- Fig. l is a side elevation of oneembodiment of the ornamental welting, there shown as composed of asubstantially solid braid of relatively small diameter and a bindingsewed thereto, this being the preferred embodiment;

Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the structure shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a plan View with parts broken away representing the ornamentalwelting incorporatn ed into a completed article of manufacture itselfonly partially indicated;

Fig. 4 is a vertical section of the structure shown in Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a plan view, with parts broken away, representing theornamental welting of Figs. l and 2 incorporated into a belt or likearticle along both lateral edges thereof;

Fig. 6 is a vertical section of the structure shown in Fig. 5;

Fig. '7 represents in cross section an ornamental welting like Figs. land 2, but having as a part thereof an essentially tubular braid ascontrasted with the essentially solid braid of Fig. 2, Said tubularbraid being shown as having a cord or other filling therein;

Figs. 8 and 9 are respectively a side elevation and a vertical sectionof still another embodiment of my invention, namely, a non-braided butornamental cord-like member and an attached binding or tab to constitutea welting; and

Fig. lf) is a perspective View of a completed article of manufacturehaving my ornamental welting incorporated thereinto.

I will rst describe two embodiments of my o1'- namental welting whereina braid is employed as the ornamental element, and finally I willdescribe an embodiment wherein a non-braided but nevertheless cord-likemember is employed. It is to be understood that my invention is notlimited to any one of the said embodiments, though I preferably employthat of Figs. 1 and 2.

The essentially solid braid shown most clearly in cross section in Fig.2 is covered both as to a machine-made braid and the process of makingthe same by my Patent No. 2,036,805, April 7,

1936, and the essentially tubular braid shown in Fig. 7 is covered by myPatent No. 2,064,974, December 22, 1936. Such braids have beenmanufactured and widely sold by me as articles of manufacture completein themselves, and intended to be used merely or essentially as braids.

The purpose of my present invention is to provide an ornamental weltingcomposed of an ornamental cord-like or strand-like member and anattached binding or tab. The braid shown in Fig. 2 or that shown in Fig.7 constitutes the preferred embodiment of the ornamental cord-likemember, and I will first describe such embodiment, though rst I willbriefly refer to certain uses to which my ornamental welting in itsvarious types or embodiments may be put.

Such a welting is adapted for many and varied uses which are not filledor accomplished by the braid alone of my said patents inasmuch as thebraid of said patents is not provided with or does not possess anystructure by which it may be directly incorporated as a welting or thelike into articles ci manufacture between sheet-like members or portionsof such articles. It is to be understood that the type or embodiment ofwelting shown in Figs. 8 and 9 is also adapted to many of the uses towhich the said preferred embodiments are put.

It is the primary purpose of my invention to provide a welting which iscapable of immediate application to and incorporation into numerous nalor ultimate articles oi' manufacture, as, for example, in belts, pocketbooks, brief cases, upholstery, cushions, leather boxes, shoes, glovesand gauntlets, and for other decorative eects in other and variedarticles of manufacture too numerous to mention.

The braid shown generally at l in Figs. l to 6 inclusive is desirablymade in exact accordance with the disclosure in my said Patent No,2,038,- 305, and I make reference to said patent for a full disclosureof the characteristics of said braid and of the process oi making thesame. Such braid is an essentially solid braid which may have a core ofvery small diameter extending therethrough. Preferably the said braid iscomposed of four strands which may be of real leather, of articialleather or of any other suitable material.

The essentially tubular braid shown generally at t in Fig. 'l is, on thecontrary, a braid composed of a larger number of strands, as, forexample, six or more, and for the purpose of the present invention itispreferably provided with a core since the act of sewing or securing sucha braid to a binding would tend to collapse the tubular braid were acore such as indicated at 3 not provided therein.

Referring more in detail to Figs. l and 2 of the drawing, I have at 4represented a binding or tab of any suitable material, but preferably ofwoven material such as cloth. The said binding may be secured to thebraid in any suitable manner but preferably as follows:

The binding or tab 4 of suitable width and of a length equalling that ofthe braid I is preferably folded along a median line as indicated at 5in Fig. 2, and then is sewed preferably by zigzag stitching as indicatedat 6 to the braid (or other ornamental cord-like member), the saidstitches 6 penetrating through the braid at any suitable depth, as mostclearly indicated in Fig. 2, so as to secure the binding and the braidfirmly together. Such stitching may be done upon a Singer or othersuitable type of sewing machine. As clearly observable in Fig. 1, thestrands of the braid because of their lateral edges, impart to thesurface of the braid a series of obliquely arranged lines, whichconstitute the outlines of the diamonds or facets characteristic of thebraid, and interrupting the otherwise uniform appearance of the surfaceof the braid. Not only do said lines augment the ornamental surface ofthe braid but they also, to a substantial extent, obscure the points ofpenetration of the stitches 6 into the braid either at or close to saidobliquely arranged lines, because the otherwise smooth unbroken surfaceof the braid is broken up by said lines and hence the similarly inclinedlines E of stitching substantially merge therewith.

The welting thus constructed (whether it has as its ornamental member abraid or a nonbraided cord-like element) is sold as an article ofmanufacture complete in itself, but the purpose of my invention ismainly to provide a welting which may be used by manufacturers of manydifferent lines of goods, to provide an ornamental effect between themeeting edges of sheet-like portions of such articles, or at the edge orborder of a single sheet-like member if the ultimate article is ofmerely sheet-like form. It is neither practical nor possible toenumerate or illustrate all the articles of manufacture into which myornamental welting may be incorporated. Therefore, I have merely inFigs. 3 and 4 diagrammatically indicated portions of two sheet-likemembers "i, 8 of any of such articles, certain of which I have mentionedhereinbefore, but to which uses my invention is obviously not limited,and I have in Fig. represented one typical article to be hereinafterreferred to.

As clearly shown in said Figs. 3 and 4, two members I, 8, of anysuitable article, such as those enumerated or others, are brought intotheir intended relation to each other in the completed article ofmanufacture, and then by suitable stitching, indicated at 9 in Fig. 4,they and the welting constructed as shown in Fig. 2 are all secured incompleted and final position, so that in the ultimate article ofmanufacture, the braid l, which in itself is of a very ornamentalcharacter, is displayed as a welting. It will be observed that thestitching which secures the braid and the binding or tab is exposed orobservable only to the minimum degree or extent when the welting isincorporated in the completed article. This fact is clearly evident fromFig. 4, as well as in subsequent figures.

In Figs. 5 and 6, I have represented another application of theornamental welting of my inventon, namely, to both edges of a belt forwear by men, women and children. In applying the welting of my inventionto a belt I preferably proceed as shown in Fig. 2, but in duplicate, andthen I bring the two strips of ornamental welting into parallel,suitably spaced relation, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6, and then place twofacing strips Iii, Il, at the opposite sides of the two binding pieces4, 4, and then secure the said facing strips i8, il to the said bindingpieces 4, fi by through stitching of suitable character, indicated atl2, i3. Said through stitching is al1 the stitching that is observablein the completed article, the stitching 5 being practically concealed.This is true of all embodiments or uses of my invention.

In Fig. 7, I have, as previously stated, represented an ornamentalwelting having as a part thereof the essentially tubular braid of myPatent No. 2,064,974 and have represented a core 3 therein. The saidbraid 2 is secured to a binding er tab fi preferably similar to thatused in making the welting of Figs. 1 to 4.

When the binding 4 has been sewed by zigzag stitching or otherwise tothe braid of Fig. 7, the resulting ornamental welting is to be used inthe same way as described with respect to Figs. l to 4 inclusive.

In making the ornamental welting of Figs. 1 to 'l of my invention, anysuitable material may e used as the strands of the braid. Instead ofleather or imitation leather, I may use cloth, cellophane or any othermaterial provided in flat strands; that is to say, strands of greaterwidth than thickness. It is not essential that the binding or tab bedoubled or folded upon itself as indicated in Figs. 2, 4, and 6, thoughsuch is the preferable construction. If the binding or tab be ofsuitable strength and material, a single thickness thereof will incertain cases be found sufficient. The said binding or tab, such as 4,is desirably of cloth, because such material is cheaper, but it may b-eof leather, imitation leather, cellophane, paper, etc.

My invention is not limited to the employment of a core such as 3 in thetubular braid of Fig. '7, but inasmuch as such braid is made with morethan four strands, it tends to collapse when the binding such as 4 issecured thereto, if a core is not provided.

In Figs. 9 and i0, I have represented still another embodiment of theornamental welting of my invention, namely, one in which the ornamentalmember thereof is a non-braided cordlilre strand of the element. Suchnon-braided cord-like element should, for the purposes of my invention,be of an ornamental character. It might be a. twisted cord, and I havesomewhat diagrammatically indicated the same at I4 in Figs. 8 and 9. Itis not essential, though it is preferable, that such cord-like member beof a general circular or rounded form in cross section. Any suitablematerial may be used as said ornamental element, though my invention isnot limited in this respect.

I have, in Fig. l0, represented at l5 a cushion or hassock of leather orany other suitable material, and at IB have represented the ornamentalwelting of my invention as incorporated thereinto in the manner alreadydescribed at length with respect to Figs. 3 and 4. It is to beunderstood that if the ultimate article of manufacture into which theornamental welting is to be incorporated be itself of a sheet-like form,the said ornamental welting would be secured directly there* to, sincesuch article of manufacture would not have 4a plurality of sheet-likemembers as indicated in Figs. 8 and 4.

While I have herein referred to the subject matter of my invention as anornamental welting, it is to be understood that the same be used as anornamental piping, but in all embodiments of the invention theornamental welting or piping is composed of two members, namely,cord-like braided or nen-braided element and the tape or bindingdirectly stitched thereto, so that such ornamental welting or piping maybe sold as a complete article of manufacture to be incorporated by othermanufacturers into ultimate articles of any desired character.

It will be observed that the stitching securing the binding to the braidis not only substantially or wholly concealed in the operation of sewingthe ornamental welting into position in the ultimate article ofmanufacture to which it is applied, but the stitching to a large extentpenetrates the braid along the edges of the diamonds or facets of thebraid, as previously referred to in connection with Fig. 1 and as alsoobservable in Fig. 5, and this fact also aids in concealing thestitching.

Having thus described three different embodiments of the ornamentalwelting of my invention and certain of the ultimate or final articles ofmanufacture to which the same may be applied as well as the process ofmaking the said ornamental welting, it is to be understood that althoughspecif'lc terms are employed, they are used in a generic and descriptivesense and not for purposes of limitation, the scope of the inventionbeing set forth in the following claims.

I claim:

1. As an article of manufacture and sale complete in itself, anornamental welting having a substantially cylindrical member ofbraid-like superficial appearance and character with facets havingobliquely arranged margins, the surface of said member beingsubstantially wholly exposed when said welting is in its completedcondition as a welting, said welting being adapted to be used in themaking of other, but ultimate, articles of manufacture utilizing awelting, and said braidlike cylindrical member thereof adapted when saidwelting is incorporated into such ultimate article to be substantiallywholly exposed to view as an ornamental portion of said ultimatearticle, said cylindrical braid-like member being of indenite butprolonged length; said welting having as a second member thereof abinding of a length corresponding to that of the said cylindricalbraid-like member, said binding being applied to said cylindricalbraid-like member only along a relatively narrow longitudinal line ofcontact of both said members, said two secured together by alongitudinally extending line of stitching penetrating the binding andalso penetrating the braid substantially along margins of such facetsadjacent said binding, so that said line of stitching is to asubstantial extent obscured by the superficial appearance of saidcylindrical braid-like member.

2. As an article of manufacture and sale complete in itself, anornamental welting of indefinmembers being ite but prolonged length,itself adapted, however, to be used' in the making of other but ultimatearticles of manufacture utilizing a welt, said welting comprising anuncovered and hence substantially fully exposed machine-made braidcircular in cross section, composed of flat strands with facets havingobliquely arranged margins, said braid being of indefinite but prolongedlength adapted when incorporated into the ultimate article to be exposedin its said uncovered condition to view as an ornamental portionthereof, and a binding folded upon itself along a median line thereofand applied to said braid along said median line, said binding being ofa length corresponding to that of said braid and applied thereto onlyalong a longitudinal line of contact therewith and sewed by a zigzagline of stitching thereto, so as to. leave the surface of said braidwholly exposed except along said line of contact, said stitchingpenetrating the binding and also penetrating the braid substantiallyalong margins of such facets adjacent said binding, so that said line ofstitching is to a substantial extent obscured by the superficialappearance of said cylindrical braid, said binding presenting meanswhereby said entire welting may be sewed by stitching passing throughsaid binding to said ultimate article of manufacture in such manner asto leave the surface of the said ornamental braid substantially fullyexposed to view.

3. As an article of manufacture and sale complete in itself, anornamental welting of indefinite but prolonged length, itself adapted,however, to be used in the making of other but ultimate articles ofmanufacture utilizing a welt, said welting comprising an uncovered andhence substantially exposed, substantially solid braid circular in crosssection consisting of at least four flat strands each with the same facealways outermost with facets having obliquely arranged margins, saidbraid being of indefinite but prolonged length adapted when incorporatedinto the ultimate article to be exposed in its said uncovered conditionto view as an ornamental portion thereof, and a binding of a length'corresponding to that of the said braid and applied thereto only Yalong a longitudinal line of contact therewith and' sewed by a line ofstitching thereto, so as to leave the surface of said braid exposedexcept along said line of contact, said stitching penetrating thebinding and also penetrating the braid substantially along margins ofsuch facets adjacent said binding, so that said line of stitching is toa substantial extent obscured by the superficial appearance of saidcylindrical braid, said binding presenting means whereby said entirewelting may be sewed by stitching passing through said binding to saidultimate article of manufacture in such manner as to leave the surfaceof said ornamental braid substantially fully exposed to view, thestitching securing the braid in the binding being so positioned withrespect to a transverse diametrical line through the braid that in theultimate article said stitching is substantially hidden from sight byadjacent portions of said ultimate article.

ROGER W. HALE.

